HI GUYS! LISTEN I HAVE TRIED ALL THE DISHES I KNOW AND I OBTINAED THE RECIPES FOR SOUPS OFF THE INTERNET. ONLY THING I CAN GET RIGHT IS FRIED RICE. MY HUSBAND DOESNT LIEK EUROPEAN FOODS. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT I AM FOLLOWING RECIPES FROM INTERNET I AM LITERALLY THREE OR FOUR YEARS FOLLOWING THESE RECIPES AND WASTING MY MONEY AS THEY ARE NEVER EATEN (ESPECIALLY FROM HIM) I HAVE ASKED HIM ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND HE TELLS ME THAT I CAN MAKE THEM PROPERLY BUT NEVER EATS THEM.

HOWEVER, WHEN HE GOES TO HIS BROTHERS HOUSE AND IN PARTICULAR WHEN HE LIVED THERE BEFORE HE ALWAYS EATE SWALLOWS BUT WHEN I MAKE IT HE DOESNT. ITS INCREDIBLY ANNOYING. LAST NIGHT I MADE COUS COUS AS I MAKE THIS ONCE A WEEK AND HE COMLAINED. I TOLD HIM HE WILL HAVE TO GET SOMEONE TO TEACH ME HOW TO MAKE IGBO FOOD PROPERLY, BUT THERE IS NO ONE.

Una neva halla!

think u have to make friends with an igbo woman/girl or a nigerian to teach you cause cooking with just instructions isnt same as the hidden tips that u v got to know to make the food complete n edible,ill have thought having made that much effort he ll at least acknowledge it and eat n encourage you, once u get the tips and u do em a couple of times it ll be a breeze

yeah thanks, he says he is not fussy about what he eats but then complains (not hugely) but says something. yeah, i am not friends with any igbo ladies i know some but they are not close enough to me. i am very good friends with urhobo ladies though so dunno, maybe they may know some things. thanks anyway.

why dont u dump him and marry me, I will eat anything european food or alien food!

since you're not igbo how exactly does he expect you to be able to make igbo dishes?    that is very unreasonable.

  I know he's your husband but since he's complaining, tell him to go learn it and teach you! or better yet make it himself! It is nor fair that he does not even appreciate that you're trying to make an effort.

sbucareer:


Engineered, how can she marry you? She is in the UK and you are at Onitisha?

levels

Cook Gwote for him!
The best ever, for any man!

how do u know i am in onitsha my heart is in onitsha, but my body is somewhere else!

On a more serious note. I think u should just practice more, if ur husband is understanding, he wont be too hard on you. Dont let any igbo woman come to ur house to teach u how to make it if u love urself. cause before u know it she will be teaching ur husband how to do it in the bedroom, if u know what i mean ,

The way it went in my house growing up was that you ate whatever my mom made, thanked her for it, and there was no complaining!

I don't know what kind of man complains when a woman cooks him food. If he doesnt like it, why doesn't he make it himself?

why is he complaining? when he married you, didnt he know that you cannot cook Naija/igbo dishes? Can't he cook or teach u? Can't he suggest you visit his brother's house so you can learn from his wife cuz it is beyond looking it up from the internet? He knows the solution to his problems but he doesnt want to help himself just like how he would have prevented da complaning in the first place but he didnt

I can't just imagine what d food she made from her internet recipes looks like

You could imagine @chrisoml

The brother is repn where he comes from, you better do somn before
he dumps you for a real Igbo babe

But, are you igbo?

Leila, you cannot cook Naija food from recipe until you have an understanding of Naija taste. First learn to cook rice and stew properly then Jollof rice. After you have perfected these, you will get an underlying sense of what Naija food is about. After that, you then have to learn the crayfish based foods such as soup, peppersoup, beans etc. I taught myself to cook Naija food from recipes my sister gave me but it took me almost two years to get an understanding or a flavour of what the food is about. After you get this understanding, you can easily make any food to perfection even if it is your first time making it.

downloading food recipe from the internet!!! wonders shall never heard

yeah seriously, there is all the recipes for the soups. I can make stew, moin moin, jollof, fried, akara, beans and simple things like that. He never asked me to make his own traditional food but when he couldn't eat european and arabic food I began worrying. So, i resorted to the net and he said they were fine and the way there are supposed to be but only eate a small amount of them

I wonder if igbo recipes are on net  
Maybe you could be lucky

they are, google onugbo, ofe nsala, ofe ogiri, oha etc.  i made a list of these, got all the ingredients and worked around it. The problem is I asked him was this the way the dish is supposed to taste and ook and he just says 'yah' it is, but however doesnt really eat much of it. I don't know whether perhaps he doesnt want to embarass me or something.

thats why i resorted to the internet, no woman can enter my home that is not a lifelong friend. especially a pretty one from his own tribe. hell no.

lol! so scared of pretty women tailing ur hussy

I'll suggest u do some real research about this soups, it's not enough to get recipes
you have to get the taste right. If u can't allow igbo ladies in ur home, then find where
these soups are done, learn the way and know exactly how they taste. That will put
you on a better side and he won't have to pretend it's okay when it's not.

Mind you traditional soups are not like fried rice and chicken u've just gat to get it right

OH I KNOW, I JUST ASKED HIM THIS QUESTION AGAIN TONIGHT ABOUT THESE SOUPS AND HOW THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. THE EGUSI ONE AND THE OKRO ONE IS VERY EASY I GUESS BUT THAT NSALA ONE, I CAN NEVER GET THAT ONE RIGHT. ANYWAYS YES THATS TRUE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ps: now he says im doing well and to keep up the good work. dont know, some men just have too much of football and things like that on their mind to comment on foods. ;d

having things on ones mind won't prevent one from acknowledging simple truth i think
It's a 2 way thing you might be getting it right or not, which i still strongly
suggest you taste someone else's to be sure if u getting it right

It seems like you are more anxious for him to enjoy your food than he is.

And what's with not allowing women into your home? Unless your husband is not trustworthy, this should not be an issue. And if your husband is not trustworthy, then I wonder why you're with him, let alone why you're tripping over yourself to impress him.

i did not start this thread for people to capitalise on my personal life. this thread is not about whether or not i trust my husband. what is it of your business as to why i am with him amber?, as i have said this thread is not about that. i simply want the man to eat.

dont mind amber, some people just like to comment on matters that don't concern them, just cause they feel they can. I appreciate u leila, for u to come on Nairaland to ask for cooking help just so ur husband is pleased with u shows u are a woman of virtue , Indeed your mom taught u well, so do u have any sister, age ranging btw 23 and 26